^36 (A)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from the town of Rumah. ³⁷ Following the example of his ancestors, Jehoiakim sinned against the Lord.

24 ^(B)While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled. ² The Lord sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets that he would do. ³ This happened at the Lord's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed, ⁴ and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The Lord could not forgive Manasseh for that.

⁵ Everything that Jehoiakim did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. ⁶ Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.

King Jehoiakim of Judah^(A)

^5 (B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. He sinned against the Lord his God. ^6 (C)King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon.